Romania Transportation License

OBTAINING A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION LICENSE

In order to obtain a Romanian public transportation license, a company must file a dossier at a Romanian Road Authority office, which must contain the following documents:

1. a formal, written request
2. depending on the judicial form of the company :
3. • the company’s registration certificate from the National Registrar of Commerce and the company’s Articles of Associations, which must prove that road transportation is one of the company’s objects of activity.
   • the foundation’s/association’s Articles of Association, its fiscal code and the evidence that the company is registered in the Registrar of Associations and Foundations, which must prove that the foundation or non-profit association have the permission to carry on road transportation activities.
4. the necessary papers of the person who was designated to manage the road transportation activity effectively and permanently:
5. • the designation decision which must bear evidence that the person is the manager of the road transportation activities and that he/she has the proper authority to exercise his/her attributions;
   • a valid certificate released by the Romanian Road Authority attesting that the person is professionally trained for the position
   • the person’s criminal record which must bear evidence that the person was never condemned of serious crimes, including commercial violations
6. the financial proof that the company has sufficient resources for the motor vehicles for which the company requests copies, possessing a financial basis of 9000 euro for the first vehicle and 5000 euro for subsequent vehicles. The financial proof must be certified as described below:
7. • for companies – through their individual capital, supplemented with bank statements or insurance. The individual capital must be certified through a legalized copy of the company’s most recent balance sheet, which was presented to the financial administration.
   • for non-profit associations and foundations – through the company’s patrimony, supplemented with bank statements or insurance. The value of the patrimony must be certified through a legalized copy of the company’s most recent balance sheet, which was presented to the financial administration.
   • in the case of newly established companies, their financial proof must be certified through the deposited social capital, supplemented by bank statements or insurance. Once the company fills its first balance sheet, the legalized copy of this document must be presented to the financial administration and it must prove that the company posses the financial situation detailed above.

The public transportation license certificate is valid of a period of five years from the date the issuance fee was paid

There are two types of public road transportation:

1. passenger transportation;
2. merchandise transportation.

Public road transportation, whether it is passenger or merchandise transportation, can be performed only with motor vehicles which are built for the intended type of transportation and which are equipped with tachographs and speed limiter, in compliance with the current regulations. It is also necessary that each vehicle used for public transportation be issued a COPIE CONFORMA, which must be kept in the respective vehicle at all times.

In order receive a Copie Conforma for one of its vehicles, the transportation company must file a dossier at a Romanian Road Authority office, which must contain the following documents:

1. a formal, written request
2. the vehicle’s certificate of incorporation and identity card. In case a trailer will be attached to the vehicle, the same documents must be presented for the trailer as well.
3. in case the vehicle’s ownership is proven by a contract which is not a property contract, a legalized copy of this contract will be attached
4. in the case of passenger vehicles, the certificate of classification according to the vehicle’s category or number of stars must also be attached
5. in case the company plans to transport merchandise internationally, it must attach the certificate regarding the vehicle’s compliance with the pollution and road safety norms.

The Copie Conforma is released for successive periods or one year each, without exceeding the duration of the public transportation license.

National Passenger Public Transportation

In order to be able to carry out the activity of transporting passengers, a company must first acquire one or more licensed routes. The licensed routes are published and attributed by the Romanian Road Authority. Transportation companies should apply for licensed routes certificates no earlier than the 15th days and no later than the 10th day before the attribution session will take place. The list with all the routes and the companies to which the routes have been attributed will be published on the Romanian Road Authority’s website.

International Passenger Transportation

The international passenger transportation through regular international traffic services will be carried on by Romanian transportation companies, on the basis of the competent authorization for international transportation issued by the country where the end destination of the itinerary is located, and the authorizations issued by the transitioned countries.

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